Podcasts

Cosmopolitan Currents is a curated audio archive of lectures, conversations, and critical reflections on culture in its broad global sense. Crossing disciplinary and geographic boundaries, the podcast brings together voices from philosophy, the arts, humanities, and social thought to explore how culture shapes—and is shaped by—our aesthetic, political, ethical, and embodied lives. Moderated, directed, and produced by Hirbod Human, Cosmopolitan Currents is a project of…

atmospheres is a standalone podcast project presented by Cosmopolitan Currents, a project of the Center for Cosmopolitan Culture. Hosted by Dr. Richard Shusterman, a philosopher renowned for his work in pragmatist aesthetics and somaesthetics, the podcast is produced and directed by Hirbod Human. The first series in this project explores the complex philosophical idea of atmosphere through friendly dialogues with international experts combined with reflective commentary.